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The THEMIS satellites - Artist view

author: NASA/Novapix

reference: e-sot10-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 19 cm

Artist's impression of THEMIS in orbit. This constellation of five satellites, launched on February 2007, aims to study energy releases from Earth's magnetosphere known as substorms, magnetic phenomena that intensify auroras near Earth's poles.

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - AURORA - AURORA AUSTRALIS - AURORA BOREALIS - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE - ILLUSTRATION - MAGNETIC FIELD - MAGNETOSPHERE - METEOROLOGY - SPACE - THEMIS -